Mount Defiance
USA /
New York /
Port Henry /
World
/ USA
/ New York
/ Port Henry
World / United States / New York
mountain, place with historical importance, mountaintop
Mount Defiance is an 853 ft (260 m) high hill on the New York side of Lake Champlain, in the northeastern United States. It is notable in that the hill militarily dominates both Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Independence, but it was deemed inaccessible so never fortified. Mount Defiance was previously known as Sugar Loaf. [1]
In the 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga, the British army succeeded in positioning artillery on Mount Defiance, causing the Americans to withdraw from both forts without a fight.
In September of 1777, it was America’s turn to put cannons on top of this mountain. Under the leadership of Colonel John Brown, cannons were placed and fired, however, the British forces did not panic, retreat or surrender.
Actually, Brown found that fort was not an easy target from the mountain. The attempt to bombard Fort Ticonderoga from Mount Defiance was not successful and the British held the fort until the end of the war.
www.fortticonderoga.org/story/places/mount-defiance
peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6098
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In the 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga, the British army succeeded in positioning artillery on Mount Defiance, causing the Americans to withdraw from both forts without a fight.
In September of 1777, it was America’s turn to put cannons on top of this mountain. Under the leadership of Colonel John Brown, cannons were placed and fired, however, the British forces did not panic, retreat or surrender.
Actually, Brown found that fort was not an easy target from the mountain. The attempt to bombard Fort Ticonderoga from Mount Defiance was not successful and the British held the fort until the end of the war.
www.fortticonderoga.org/story/places/mount-defiance
peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6098
www.wilderlist.app/mountain/5f04d221676f544db0f18cfb
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Defiance_(New_York)
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Coordinates: 43°49'53"N 73°24'24"W
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